{"title":"Hal Foster","description":"\u003cp\u003eKing of the Jungle, and Prince of the Castle!\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hal-fosters-prince-valiant-sketchbooks-an-illustrated-memoir-1-signed","title":"HAL FOSTER'S PRINCE VALIANT SKETCHBOOKS An Illustrated Memoir Volume 1 Signed","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first of six volumes, all completed to be released six months apart, the same size as the \u003ci\u003ePrince Valiant\u003c\/i\u003e reprint volumes. Long time series editor \u003cstrong\u003eBrian M. Kane\u003c\/strong\u003e has created a \u003cem\u003emagnum opus \u003c\/em\u003efor Valiant fans...a look behind the scenes at Foster's creation process. The entire series contains 366 penciled layout pages by \u003cstrong\u003eHal Foster\u003c\/strong\u003e (all at original size) -- 8 of which are on two pages; 577 panel-by-panel description and caption pages, 40 character sketches, over 10 dozen pieces of additional art by Foster, over 100 photographs, and 123 letters and notes (mostly from Foster to \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Cullen Murphy\u003c\/strong\u003e). There are also quotes by Foster and many by his fans (like \u003cstrong\u003eFrazetta, Dave Stevens, Burne Hogarth\u003c\/strong\u003e, et al.).\n\nBrian has created a special bookplate, in full color, each one different for each volume, and signed it as the editor.\n\nThis is a true labor of love that Brian has been working on for more than a decade. Foster kept meticulous studies of much of his work and here finally is a chance to see those first concepts and character studies and so much more.\n\nFrom Brian's introduction: \"It was always there, hiding in plain sight.\" In nearly every photo of Foster at his drawing table, there was a 3-ring binder tucked under the board or lying open. It was easy to overlook, since the full PV pages were the center of focus. \"However, all those glorious graphite and India-inked pages were nothing without it, and neither were the four-color newsprint [pages]. That is because all those finished pages--though featuring what is undeniably some of the most gorgeous art ever illustrated for comics--are, by definition, merely the skillful execution of ideas...it was in this unassuming binder that Foster's imagination ran wild in the form of sketches, research notes, character concept drawings, page layouts, and everything related to those legendary quests, sagas or homespun life lessons he endlessly envisioned for his hero, Prince Valiant--the man he wished he were. That binder contained all the raw, inspired sparks that gave life to every \u003cem\u003ePrince Valiant \u003c\/em\u003estory, and it was where Foster's generously creative muse made its home.\"\n\nIt turns out all the older binders are long gone, but all the time Foster was collaborating with John Cullen Murphy (he continued to lay out the pages and write much of the stories for quite a number of years)...he kept the notebooks and these are all still in existence, thanks to Murphy! So that is where all this wonderful back-story art is collected from, after Foster had supposedly retired from the strip though in reality he was still deeply involved.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59643469660446,"sku":"PVIM01HS","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/pvim01hs-hal-fosters-prince-valiant-sketchbooks-illustr-memoir-vol-1-sgnd-2.jpg?v=1784516200"},{"product_id":"hal-fosters-prince-valiant-sketchbooks-an-illustrated-memoir-2-signed","title":"HAL FOSTER'S PRINCE VALIANT SKETCHBOOKS An Illustrated Memoir Volume 2 Signed","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second volume of this six-part collection of annotated, never-before-seen sketches by Prince Valiant creator Hal Foster continues the series' project of revealing in intimate detail the act of creating this landmark comic strip.\n\nPart sketchbooks, part biography, part tutorial, part memoir — \u003cstrong\u003eHal Foster's\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003ePrince Valiant Sketchbooks\u003c\/em\u003e are an unprecedented revelation of Foster's personal life and creative process during his final nine years on the strip, as well as a fascinating look behind the curtains as Foster coached and interacted with his chosen successor: \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Cullen Murphy\u003c\/strong\u003e. Beautifully, meticulously designed and produced with the full participation of the Murphy family, this series is a testament to author and Prince Valiant historian \u003cstrong\u003eBrian M. Kane's\u003c\/strong\u003e research prowess and determination to bring Foster's aesthetic and storytelling strategies to light. Over the course of these volumes, Kane annotates with painstaking clarity and thoroughness 366 penciled layout pages, 40 character sketches, and 577 text pages of Foster's descriptions of each panel.\n\nAlso featured are an additional 143 pieces of art, mostly by Foster, 100 photographs detailing his life and career, and 123 personal letters and notes, all adding immeasurably to this exploration of Foster's life and art, as well as his collaboration with Murphy.\n\n\u003cem\u003eThis is second volume in the Fantagraphics series edited by Brian M. Kane, presenting Hal Foster's preliminary sketches and set-ups for the\u003c\/em\u003e Prince Valiant \u003cem\u003eSunday comic strip. Fully researched and annotated by Kane, this is truly a deep-dive into the making of an American classic and deserves a place alongside Fantagraphics' collected editions of the series.\u003c\/em\u003e ~Marty\n\n \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59643927200030,"sku":"PVIM02HS","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/pvim02h-prince-valiant-sketchbook-2-9798875002410.jpg?v=1784522700"},{"product_id":"hal-fosters-tarzan-the-complete-sunday-comics-1931-1937-xxl","title":"HAL FOSTER'S TARZAN The Complete Sunday Comics 1931-1937 XXL","description":"This stunning volume reprints every Sunday page in a colorful XXL format. Reproduced from original newspapers (preserving the color and texture of the Ben Day dot coloring process distinctive to vintage comics), \u003cem\u003eHal Foster’s Tarzan\u003c\/em\u003e carries you back to Sunday morning, belly-down on the living room rug, “funnies” spread before you, lost in a world of exotic adventure while mom whips up your own bowl of oatmeal.\u003cp\u003eIn 1928 commercial artist Hal Foster took a job to turn Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novel \u003cem\u003eTarzan of the Apes\u003c\/em\u003e into a 60-installment black-and-white newspaper comic. Initially, no American papers wanted it, so it premiered in England, to great acclaim. When U.S. papers picked it up and wanted more, Foster wasn’t interested. It was only in 1931, with the Great Depression threatening his family with starvation, that he consented to take it on as a full color, full page Sunday comic, still calling the low-paid job “a bit of pottage.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat bit of \"pottage\" fed him for the next seven years, as Tarzan became the first adventure comic, and one of the most beloved Sunday strips in America. Though newspapers complained about the violence (Burroughs countered that Tarzan’s success was the result of a “human weakness for gory and gruesome situations”) and the incessant nudity (the writer’s script notes asked for “a great deal of female nakedness”) readers found Tarzan’s adventures with ancient Egyptians, modern criminals, Vikings, dinosaurs, killer apes, and a slew of provocative queens and princesses mesmerizing, right up until Foster handed off the strip to Burne Hogarth in mid-1937.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Amongst knowledgeable collectors, Hal Foster's run on \u003cem\u003eTarzan\u003c\/em\u003e, which preceded \u003cem\u003ePrince Valiant\u003c\/em\u003e (cir.1933-37), is the high point of all Tarzan Sunday pages, even more popular than the Hogarth pages that followed them. They have never been collected in a good version. NBM did the series (followed by the Hogarth run) in 18 volumes that were about the size of the present \u003cem\u003ePrince Valiant\u003c\/em\u003e collections. But the reproduction quality was not great, no color correction, off-register pages were not fixed… this was all decades ago with limited technology. From my perspective, the material was not given the proper care and presentation it so richly deserved.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In the case of Taschen's new collected edition, they are clearly treating the material with the respect it deserves: an oversized format, superior image quality, and their trademark design and binding. $200 isn’t cheap, but it's all of them in one volume. Like Taschen’s \u003cem\u003eThe Complete Little Nemo\u003c\/em\u003e, this will be the best-ever and most inclusive ever collection of Foster's classic work.\" -Bud\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll copies of this book will include an 8x11 \u003cem\u003eBud's Art Books exclusive art print\u003c\/em\u003e, featuring an original illustration by Hal Foster. This one-of-a-kind Tarzan watercolor from 1933 was made for Eric Bergman Jr., the son of Foster's best friend Eric Bergman Sr., and was provided to us by Norma Bergman, Karen Bergman Paul, and The Harold R. Foster Estate Archives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eFoster would be my main influence. 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